Journal Junction for June 22

June 22, 2012

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From Falling Waters:

I've been involved in youth sports 20 years in Pittsburgh, 10 years Huntington, and watched the last 4 years Hedgesville & Martinsburg Rec. Center. Nowhere that I have been compares to how well youth sports is nurtured in this area. Hats off to those responsible. Thank you.

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From Harpers Ferry:

Anyone who has viewed the dash cam video of the police chase and arrest that lead to the federal indictment of Jefferson County Sheriff Robert "Bobby" Shirley knows he is guilty as charged.

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From Hedgesville:

I have to ask my fellow caller from Hedgesville how much work can it be to run the Hedgesville Little League? After all, baseball is just a game. These people who serve on the Little League Board are just like those who serve on local HOA's - all have never gotten over the fact that they never won any grade-school elections.

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From Charles Town:

To the Shepherdstown caller regarding insurance. I feel for your family having to suffer through a loved ones illness, much less, going bankrupt paying for treatment. On the other side of the coin, illegals and welfare recipients are better taken care of. We hardworking, bill paying citizens are screwed in this country.

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From Hagerstown:

After reading all this commotion about Sheriff Bobby Shirley I looked his photo up on the Internet. I have to ask, who's his deputy? Enos Strate?

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Shenandoah Junction:

Sheriff Shirley's supporters are now saying in blogs that it's a "political manhunt" against him because it's an election year and the Federal judge is a Bush appointee and on and on it goes. They'll fail to tell you that the prosecuting attorney for the Federal government was appointed during the Clinton regime. I expect that the grand jury member were/are mostly Democrats, being that they're also from West Virginia.

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From Jefferson County:

Jay Rockefeller, the ultimate carpetbagger, has shown zero regard for the working people of WV by putting the interests of Obama liberal left wing politics over the interests of WV families. Rockefeller is spineless, he should be demanding that Obama devote Solyndra type money for Clean Coal.

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From Martinsburg:

(Kevin) Knowles and (Jason) Baker are as good a pair as Abbott and Costello.

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From Martinsburg:

Regarding the commenter who does not have a bonus card, etc.: I sure wish I was rich like this guy so I could afford to shop without a store card! I commend you, rich sir, for you truly have more money than you can spend. Congrats on working hard and attaining that wealth.

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From Martinsburg:

I thought City Hospital was a no smoking campus. Security will chase people off the property or make them put their cig out if caught smoking, but nothing at all is said to the sheriffs dept when they are smoking at the ambulance entrance. If it is a nonsmoking campus then it should be a nonsmoking campus for EVERYBODY!

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From Charles Town:

I tend to believe that if we are going to claim to be a "Christian Nation," then we ought to be the kind of nation that is united enough, caring enough, loving enough and giving enough to make sure that all our citizens have access to affordable health care, rich or poor, regardless of background or conviction. If we are going to be what we often say we are, then we need to step up to the plate and find a way for everyone who needs medical care to be able to get it without a lot of hassle or a lot of barriers.

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From Berkeley County:

In response to the Berkeley County man: You must be one miserable and/or angry old man. Who cares if you don't have or want a bonus card, a store loyalty card, a store credit card or a trinket! Are you aware that most stores require their clerks and sales associates to ask each and every customer? If you don't like it, then don't go to the store or better yet, send your wife so you can report her missing. That way you'll have something else to complain about.

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From Leetown:

Republicans' expertise is in making people poor, not in dealing with them.

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From Ranson:

Ain't it the truth: "Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure." - George Carlin

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From Ijamsville:

Just like you and me? Stay at home mom Ann Romney's tax deductions for her dressage horse exceeded the average American median income in 2011.

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From Berkeley County:

That's my other question regarding SBLL ... why isn't voting open to everyone? Is the current family on the board scared they may just get run out? Open it to everyone just one year and see if you are still there. I bet the answer is no. You will continue to lose good kids and good coaches!

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From Berkeley Springs:

If Mitt Romney didn't have a multimillionaire father who was a governor, then Mitt would probably be a tire salesman at Pep Boys Auto Repair.

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From Inwood:

Why would any college student anywhere ever vote for the party that wants to double their student loan interest rate, and interject Creationism into the classroom? Yikes!

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From Kearneysville:

I do not understand how a nation as great as America can tolerate a situation where those who have the means to access any health care needed (the 1 percent) can get away with constantly trying to crush access to affordable health care for the other 99 percent just for the sake of some lobbyists, special interest groups, greedy practitioners, some insurance companies and Big Pharma.

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From Falling Waters:

One of the worst consequences of a Mitt Romney presidency will be that he will give the go-ahead to his GOP Congress and Senate to repeal Roe v. Wade, thus outlawing all abortions including those even for incest, rape and saving the life of the mother. A ultra right piece of legislation will gladly try to mandate jail time for mothers and doctors attempting an abortion.

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From Berkeley Springs:

In the 30 years since Gallup started asking people whether they believe humans evolved, evolved under the guidance of God, or were created fully formed by God, the percentage of people adhering to the creationist view has actually gone up slightly over time, and now stands at 46 percent of the population. This is just the tip of the iceberg of a growing problem of public rejection of science. How sad is that?

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From Falling Waters:

If Romney actually wins and he destroys Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security; and then he guts the public school system; and then he starts a war with Iran, and the economy collapses do you know who will be blamed? Obama, the black president who was born in Kenya, was the ONE who caused it all.

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From Hedgesville:

To those religious conservatives here I ask which part of the Bible do you believe? The first two chapters of Genesis give two mutually exclusive accounts of creation, and there are at least half a dozen other creation myths scattered through the Old Testament. Believing any one of them entails disbelieving all the others. So tell us, please, which one is "true" in your mind?

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From Bunker Hill:

My bet is like Mitt Romney and his five sons, the caller from Morgan County has never served in in the military.

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From Ranson:

Want fair and affordable health coverage? Run for Congress!

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From Kearneysville:

I suppose that just because it is an election year the caller from Charles Town thinks that Sheriff Shirley shouldn't be charged with police brutality. If not now, when? I have no interest in his job, but this Boss Hog has got to go.

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From Harpers Ferry:

The Obama Administration seems to believe that affordable health care is a right that should be extended to all Americans regardless of their socio-economic status and the way I read it, many or perhaps even most of the Republicans, Conservatives and Far Righties think health care is a privilege that only those who have the financial means should be able to access.

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From Leetown:

Why would any senior citizen, knowing that the GOP has Medicare and Social Security in their sights, ever vote for Romney?

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From Hedgesville:

So, Rep. Ron Paul is collecting Social Security, even though he believes it illegal. What a Republican of principal. Well at least he follows Ayn Rands example.

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From Martinsburg:

Republicans clump all poor people together. To them they are all minorities. But those good white folks living in trailer parks collecting welfare have just fallen on hard times because of the liberal agenda!

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From Shepherdstown:

America, as a nation, has vast resources at Her disposal. My question is "Doesn't the Nation have some kind of responsibility as a Free and United People to use that vast store of resources for the good and benefit of the people who make up the nation? We send enough overseas in foreign aid often to countries who almost literally despise us, don't we? How about keeping a little of that aid money here at home to help our own people when they need it? Is that being too unreasonable?

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From Hedgesville:

Romney doesn't excite, but at the same time he's not Obama. That fact is sufficient for the GOP to elect him to office. Rich Republicans will vote for Romney because he will make them much richer. Poor Republicans will vote for Romney against their best interests because they are idiots.

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From Martinsburg:

To get my vote, Mr. Baker promised me he would make Wal-Mart bring its business to downtown. Does any one know when this will happen?

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From Kearneysville:

Forget about the minority vote, or the woman's vote, or the elderly vote: I predict that Romney will lose the election by, incredibly, losing all the votes of people who don't approve of a dog being forced to ride on the roof of a car.

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From Inwood:

How soon will right-wing evangelical Christians come to the realization that if Romney gets elected they will be in effect, putting their stamp of approval on Mormonism, a cult, that seeks one thing - to convert all conservative Evangelical Christian to Mormonism.

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From Inwood:

The Harpers Ferry caller discussing the number of incarcerated individuals in the U.S. needs to realize that one of the reasons that we have such a large number of jailed offenders compared to other countries is because the majority of the world rapidly kills or mutilates their criminals as an avenue of justice. We are a little more compassionate to ours. We decide to waste an average of $35,000 a year housing our criminals versus the national average of $10,000 a year per student.